Note Taking Basics

1. Note Taking Basics

2. Note taking is an important part of academic life. To be successful at note taking, you need to • Improve your listening skills. • Develop your note taking skills. • Be able to use your notes to study.

3. Like All Skills • Listening and note taking improve ONLY with practice. • Practice every day for 5-10 minutes.

4. Note taking = Dictation Note taking is writing complete ideas; dictation is writing complete sentences.

5. Examples Dictation: History 1002 meets 2 days a week, from 10:00 am to 10:50. Notes: Hist 1002 - 2 d/wk 10 – 10:50 am

6. Successful Note taking:Listen for KEY WORDS FACTORS causes First - costs Stages of development technology differences

7. Successful Note taking: Use space. Move your hand. 3 keys to green environ 1- educate public 2- improve tech. 3-help incr. demand for recy.ing Three keys to green environment – educate public, improve techno., and help increase demand for recycling.

8. Use space to show relationships. Use vertical space. Use horizontal space. 3 keys to green environ 1- educate public 2- improve tech. 3-help incr. demand for recy.ing Gas Use -Factors Europe U.S Less good hwys More $$ cheap gas More trains auto ind. +pub transp. oil comp.

9. Use headings to organize ideas. Gas Use -Factors EuropeU.S Less good hwys More $$ cheap gas More trains auto ind. +pub transp. oil comp.

10. To create headings, use - • CAPITAL LETTERS BOXES • underline • -- indent below the heading

11. Use symbols and abbreviations. Mr = ! Mrs % w/ ‹ pop › & #  w/o x

12. Note complete ideas, not just random words. • Pop of UNT pop of TWU • 1990 intl st < 2% of UNT st BUT now > 9+%

13. Get the BIG PICTURE! What’s the speaker’s main point? What does he want you to learn?

14. In college -- • Develop your own style. • After the lecture, rewrite your notes ASAP (as soon as possible).

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16. Now let’s change sentences to ideas . . .

17. Change dictation into notes: Studies on worldwide literacy* rates show that almost 80 percent of the world’s population over the age of 15 is now literate. This includes more women than ever before. *Literacy = ability to read

18. One way to write this info Studies ww literacy rt = almost 80 % world pop over 15 yrs now literate + grtr # of women than bef

19. Remember • Use • Key words • Space • Headings • Abbreviations and symbols • Complete ideas • Quantity!

20. Remember • Get the big picture! • Rewrite your notes. • Develop your own • style and Practice, practice, practice.